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Show BACC opposes plan to abolish RDA entities have in Bountiful City," the letter states. The Board also opposes the city's plan to re-open the 1990-91 budget to meet the debt commitment made by the RIM. They feel this would seriously deplete funds earmarked for water, streets and other city improvements. im-provements. According to Board Chairman Haven Burningham, the only disappointment disap-pointment suffered by the Bountiftil RDA is the Main Street project. "The RDA has been successful and valuable he said. Burningham said he would like to see a condominium project in downtown Bountiful. "A six-story high rise would bring more people into the area. Specialty shops could then be built to accommodate not only the downtown residents, but all Davis County residents." Burningham said he feels this is the kind of development that should be encouraged on Main Street. The letter which outlined the objections ob-jections to the abolition of the RDA was delivered to Bountiful City Mayor Bob Linnell. By JUDY JENSEN Editor BOUNTIFUL--The board of directors di-rectors of the Bountiful Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) has sent a letter to Bountiful City officials advising them that the board unanimously opposes the city's recent proposal to abolish the Redevelopment Agency, (RDA). The action came as a result of a meeting the board had last week with Bountiful City Administrator Tom Hardy. Hardy explained to the board the perceived problems that may occur as a result of abolishing the RDA, including the possibility that the city may incur a debt of over $2 million. The letter reads, "Should the city council decide to abolish the RDA, the BACC Board believes all citizens of Bountiful will be the losers." The loss, according to the letter, will come about as a result of the lost revenues from property tax increments the RDA would receive on its successful projects. "An even greater loss will be the degradation of confidence that developers, de-velopers, financial institutions, businesses and other governmental |